An opening for the Chinatown Working Group’s rezoning proposal may finally be on the horizon. Last night, Community Board 3’s chair, Gigi Li, presented a new development…
Four Films: Nordic Noir Marathon, Iggy Live, and RZA Screens Kung-Fu Selects
Three Sisters Tuesday, June 21 (7 pm) and Sunday June 26 (7:30 pm) at Spectacle Theater: $5 For six months, documentary filmmaker Wang Bing embedded…
Paddy Wagon Awaits Rabid Franco Fans as The Deuce Is Set to Film
As noted yesterday, David Simon’s new series The Deuce, starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, is shooting in the East Village and Lower East Side…
At The Mystical Digital, Video Games Can Be Witchy Too
The term “gamer” usually conjures up a torrent of awful connotations– an exclusively white-male circle jerk where the only manifestation of “diversity” is between the…
Community Garden ‘Born of Chaos’ Marks 40 Years With Lydia Lunch, James Chance Show
One of the East Village’s most beautiful community gardens, La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez, celebrates its 40th anniversary on Saturday with a free outdoor…
Barbone Evicted After 10 Years, and the East Village Loses a Hidden Garden
The East Village has lost one of its enchanting al fresco dining spots, as Barbone has been evicted after a decade on Avenue B. The…
A Chinatown Dumpling Shop Will Morph into a Gallery Tonight
Dollar slices, bodega sandwiches, and dumpling deals quickly become dietary stalwarts of any New Yorker on a budget, which is about 99 percent of us.…
Gas Explosion Victims Sue City; ‘Inflatable Condom’ as L-Train Substitute?
Actress Drea de Matteo and 35 other plaintiffs who lost their homes in last spring’s Second Avenue gas explosion filed a $17 million lawsuit against…
Marco Canora of Hearth Opens Zadie’s Oyster Room For Throwback Slurpin’
You’ve probably gone to your fair share of $1 oyster happy hours, or guzzled an oyster shooter or two– maybe you’ve dipped fried oysters in a nice aioli. But…
Albert Trummer Is All Fired Up About Sanatorium, a Place For ‘Healing With Alcohol’
Albert Trummer of Apothéke has finally opened his new bar on Avenue C, having dropped the rather hilarious working title of Mixers & Elixirs in favor of Sanatorium, a name…